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Kotomora

誌

document, records

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes14

Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

誌 centers on written records: a document, a journal, or a formal record of information.

Most common words using 誌

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  • 雑誌ざっし
    N5

    magazine; journal; periodical

  • 誌し
    N1

    magazine; journal

  • 日誌にっし
    N1

    journal; log

  • 本誌ほんし

    main section (of a magazine or journal); central portion

  • 会誌かいし

    club bulletin

  • 誌面しめん

    page of a magazine

  • 同誌どうし

    the same magazine; the same journal; the said magazine; the said journal

  • 書誌しょし

    bibliography (list of books by an author or on a subject)

  • 誌上しじょう

    in a magazine

  • 地誌ちし

    topography; geographical description

  • 他誌たし

    different magazine (esp. by a different publisher); another magazine

  • 書誌学しょしがく

    bibliography (study of books); bibliology

  • 週刊誌しゅうかんし
    N2

    weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal

  • 学会誌がっかいし

    academic journal

  • 月刊誌げっかんし
    N2

    monthly magazine

  • カストリ雑誌カストリざっし

    kasutori magazines; style of adult men's magazines popular post-World War II

  • コミック誌コミックし

    comic book; manga magazine

  • タイム誌タイムし

    Time magazine

  • ビジネス誌ビジネスし

    business magazine

  • ファッション誌ファッションし

    fashion magazine

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Etymology

誌 combines 言 (words, speech) with 志, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of recording or marking. The character expresses written records or documents.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) plus a marker (志) make a document: imagine someone speaking while a scribe records every word into a permanent journal.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, picture a sheet of paper filled with records: sheet -> シ, and the document is a sheet of written history.